SUCCESSIONS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

successions

noun

plural of succession

as in series

a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars.

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as in lineages

the order of people in a family The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne.

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Recent Examples of successions France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026 For authoritarian regimes, survival is uncertain, and never more so than during inescapable successions. — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Keery appeared in several independent films throughout Stranger Things as well as in the television series Fargo.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
In an attempt to uncover what might be going on in her mind, Fielder travels to a farm in upstate New York to meet actress Amanda Seyfried, who played Holmes to much acclaim in the 2022 Hulu series The Dropout.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of series

Noun

Geese did something similar with last year’s Getting Killed, their own neutron star of an album, gobbling up the tangled lineages of rock, punk, and drone music in New York City with the ravenous appetites of kids weaned on the infinite scroll.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Cell lineages follow paths through this map as development proceeds.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

Watch for unexplained web addresses, encoded strings or commands that download and immediately execute remote scripts.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Choose solid objects over anything with netting, strings, ropes, ribbons or other materials in which an animal could become entangled.

— Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of strings

Noun

But the paint allegedly became slippery in the sun, and three riders, including one known as a master of descents, crashed.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The relentless Carapaz pressured the American on the descents and put himself in the position to profit.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of descents

Noun

Harris also helped shape the movie’s imagination sequences, pushing Pixar’s artists toward more spontaneous, painterly images rather than the studio’s usual meticulous realism.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
This is one shape of [a] research project of systematizing and scaling up searching for useful new tools in large databases and DNA sequences.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

In one study of 104 births, 69 babies were delivered with OdonAssist; 4% of those babies had bruising considered related to the device.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
This is not an argument against antibiotics, caesarean births, formula, or any other feature of modern life.

— Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of births

Noun

Smith praised Carney for improving relations with a province that frequently clashed with his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, over his carbon tax and other energy policies.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
The waiver also raises questions about Washington’s commitment to Ukraine as relations between the two countries deteriorate.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of relations

Noun

Its stated purpose is to help Democrats win competitive Pennsylvania House races and flip the chamber.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
Since then, American Future PAC has spent at least $30,000 across 10 promos targeting state races in Alabama, Illinois, Georgia and Maryland.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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